Customer Accounts Officer

The role
Southern Housing are seeking a talented candidate to join us as a Customer Accounts Officer in our Customer Transactions department.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in revenue maximisation and collection through a prompt and consistent arrears management and debt recovery. Our ideal candidate will be a good communicator, a strong negotiator and should be able to use their skills to work well with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.

As a Customer Accounts Officer , you will manage a range of accounts which may include homeowners, social tenures, former and sundry debt, and commercial and market tenures. You will work to balance our belief that rent should be paid with our corporate aim to sustain tenancies and provide excellent service in every customer contact.

Reporting to the Customer Accounts Team Manager, you ll deliver a high-quality arrears collection service for Southern Housing residents, former residents, and homeowners and you will initiate high-volume customer contact through a range of different channels while also contributing to our arrears targets by achieving your own personal KPIs.

What you ll need

• Ability to build and maintain specialist knowledge for effective arrears management.
• Good communication skills (written and oral) including a strong telephone presence.
• Drive to achieve wide-ranging KPIs and provide a first-class service.
• Self-motivated and able to organise and prioritise high volume workloads.
• Good negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent customer service and complaint handling skills.

Please note this role is based out of our Croydon office

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Closing Date: 5th May 2024, 23:59pm

About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailers discounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.